Intervention by federal and state governments, the growth of corporate practice, and astonishing technical advancements have contributed to increasing impersonalization in medical care. It was not always thus. In 1938, when Dr. Leslie Moren began...

From intramurals to intercollegiate competition, the University of Nevada has long offered its students the opportunity to pursue their love of athletics along with their studies. However, for many years, athletic opportunities for young women...

In 1899, the nineteenth legislature of the state of Nevada wrote the law that created the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners. The background to that statute, nationally and in Nevada, as well as the development of the Board into the modern,...

Vincent P. Gianella was born at Marysville, California, on February 9, 1886 to parents of Italian and Irish descent, and he spent his boyhood on ranches in that vicinity. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree at Oregon State College in 1910, a...

1 map : col. ; 76 x 128 cm. or smaller; Relief shown by hachures; Title supplied by cataloger; Also known as: Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to Oregon & Northern California in the years 1843-1844;...

10 maps : some col. ; on sheets 84 x 61 cm.; Relief shown by contours and spot heights; Scale (ca. 1:253,440). Commonly known as: King Survey Atlas and the King Atlas. There were four major surveys of the West conducted after the Civil War,...

Photograph of part of the Lake Tahoe shoreline, a rocky and wooded area. This image is part of the Lake Tahoe Area Council photograph collection. The Council was a private, non-political and non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and...

Since the 1860s ranchers have raised hay and run livestock on rocky but well-watered meadows astride the confluence of Galena and Jones creeks a few miles south of Reno. However, the site is now becoming more valued for its scenic vistas and its...

Jim Hubbard was born in 1933 and began skiing as a teenager in Washington in the 1940s. He first skied the Eastern Sierra slopes above Reno in 1954, after being posted to Stead Air Force Base. Since the mid-1950s, skiing has become an important...

Robert Gorrell was born in 1914. He arrived at the University of Nevada, Reno, in 1944, as an experienced teacher of English, with an interesting and exciting career in his future. His previous teaching had been at Deep Springs, California, and at...

Harry Hawkins was born in Alpine County, California, in 1881. His grandparents were among the earliest settlers in the area of Woodfords, on the property where Mr. Hawkins still resides. His home, which he calls "the castle of mystery," is a...

This volume initiates an effort to produce a comprehensive, annotated list of documents, manuscripts, and bound material that could be useful in the study of the history of medicine and health care in Nevada. It was compiled and edited in 1990-91...

Leon Halliday Rockwell, a native of New York, was born in 1888. He received a grammar school education near Elmira, New York, and then was forced to begin his career. As a very young man, he started west, working at a variety of jobs from railroad...

Twelve university leaders were interviewed in the fourth volume of this joint project conducted by the Oral History Program and University Archives. Those interviewed were: Larry D. Struve, president, Alumni Association; Professor Gerald W....

The word "Vietnam" signifies a country, a war, and for many, a historical marker for a period of cultural revolution. In the spring of 1970, the force of the larger antiwar movement came to Reno. The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) faced weeks of...

From Territorial days to the present, Italian immigrants and their descendants have played important roles in shaping life in northern Nevada. For much of that time they constituted the largest and most influential ethnic group in the region. In...

Procter R. Hug, a native of Oregon, was born in 1902. He has spent nearly his entire life in Nevada, as student, teacher, and school administrator, and more recently as a state legislator. Procter Hug spent his youth in Tonopah, Nevada, where he...

World War II was the most violent convulsion in human history. May it forever hold that distinction. Fifty-seven nations were among the belligerents, but the major cost of the conflict was borne by just five Allied and three Axis powers. Combined,...